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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 m Twenty-ninth Ytar MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1934. No. 77. ji The Weather Forecast: partly cloudy tonight ami Thursday; not much chance In tem perature. Highest yesterday SO Lowest this morning , 67 V By PAUL MALLON. (Copvrlght. 1034, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. C, June CO. The nonsensical babble at the clos ing of congress was worse this year than usual. House members had to read the Congressional Record each day to rind out what they had done the previous day. Pew had any Idea of what was going on in the rush and noise. At one time the senate actu ally thought it had passed the Frazler - Lempke Inflation bill and several newspa pers so announc 0 llChUC J Paul Mallon ed. That measure was confused witn the six-year farm mortgage morato rrum. When the matter was finally straightened out the official papers on the right bill were lost for 48 hours. Unquestionably there were many mistakes which will not be discov ered until lawyers have time to study what was done. The on who started everything off on the wrong track Innocently waa Senator Bulkley of Ohio. He wanted to get some banking corrections en acted and went about it backward He tried to press them ahead of the housing bill. Everyone now knows that If he had proceeded first with the bousing bill congress would have adjourned Saturday night. The situation got completely out of control of Floor Leader Robinson, but only temporarily. His troubles were multiplied by the fact that one of the boys started celebrating the close of the session prematurely Sat urday night In pre-prohtbltlon style and advanced some novel Ideas on legislative procedure. The general back-stage Impression Is that congress did a fairly good Job this session. In general, It was un der the thumb of President . Roose velt. The president adopted a pose for political purposes that he was not trying to dominate legislation, but he did. In fact, he got nearly everything he wanted and nothing of importance, except the veterans' pay restoration, was forced on him against his will. Many young men In both parties were developed during the session. House Republicans found they had some new leadership talent In Rep resentative Joseph Martin of Massa chusetts and Englebrlght of Callfor nla. They distinguished themselves In the development of Republican tactics. In the senate. Republican Senator Nye merited attention with his NRA fight and the munitions Inquiry. The Democrats developed most of the new national figures because they were In control. Senators Wagner and Byrnes enhanced their reputations strongly, as did Representatives Ray burn and Jones. There was plenty of unpublished commotion on the Republican side of the house when Floor Leader Snell went off to his college class reunion on what waa supposed to be the last day of the session. Most of the important business had been cleaned up previously, but a couple of Republicans dropped cut ting remarks about Snell'a absence. In fact, they suggested that a new leader might be cnosen at tne nex session. Several Republicans have been dis pleased because Snell has not shown more antagonism to the Democratic legislative program. There are not enough of them to etart a grade A rebellion. Snell will undoubtedly be chosen leader again next session. The only way to make congress really efficient would be for every one else to go home and let Huey Long be the congress. He showed what he could do that hectic Saturday night. To keep him quiet the leaders had agreed to let the mortgage moratorium bill go to conference. Under ordinary clrcum tancea It would take a week or ten days to get uch a measure passed by a conference committee and ready fo; final enactment. Huey has different Ideas about con ferences. He gathered up the two house conferees and his new pal. Re publican Senator Robinson, but he would not let them enter a room or sit down. That would take too long. He kept them standing outside a sen ate door, saying in his emphatic man ner: "Now here is what we will do." It was all over in less than U'O min utes, the fastest conference on record. Later, the Louisiana senator made a speech on the floor asserting that someone on the house side had lost the conference report and then the clerks of the conference committee disclosed that the papers had reposed In Huey's pocket all the time. There appears to he little In the charge that Wall street was trying to put something over In the Bulk ley bank- amendments. One of the amendments was proposed by Chair mn A'.drlch of the chse bank ff C t .J r f 'L A (.iontluued, go, fa got SKIPWORTH SETS JUNE 30 10 AIR PLEAFORPAROLE Order Received by District Attorney From Judge Who Heard Ex-Sheriff's Trial On Ballot Theft Charge A hearing on an application for i parole to Cordon L. Schermerhorn former sheriff, under a three-year sen. tence In state prison for conviction of ballot-theft conspiracy will be held at the courthouse Saturday, June 30. before Circuit Judge George F. Skip- worth of Eugene, presiding Judge at the ballot theft trials. An order was received this morn ing by District Attorney George A rnrirtlrnr from Judge Skloworth direct ing the hearing. The application was tiled yesterday by Attorney Frank J. Newman. Execution Stay Asked. A tnv nf execution for commit ment to the state penitentiary until after the hearing Is also sought by Schermerhorn. Time for his filing of a petition for rehearing In the supreme court expired yesterday. KvitfonfA for and against a parole or the long-time resident and former sheriff will be presented at the hear ing. Affidavits of men now serving prison sentences for the same crime will probably bo filed. Schermerhorn's good reputation before he became en nikM in the nolltlcal clottings of agitators L, A. Banks and Earl H. Fehl will also be stressed In his benaii. up to the time he was elected snerin hormwhnm. well along In years n. n exemplary citizen, with no mark against him. He Is widely known, particularly among the older residents of the county. - Cohorts Disgruntled. Every legal move In the books' has hpnn nmnlnved to save him from the stigma of a prison term. It is no secret that his freedom, wnne iney were expiating their crimes, was no balm to those serving time for vote stealing. Schermerhorn was convicted ny a .Tftoknnn cnuntv lurv after a trial that lasted two weeks and the Jury had deliberated 17 hours. Tne evmence cimwwt that he had "guilty knowl- b" of the crime while sheriff, but was not an active participant, tnougn around the courthouse. The most rinmAglnor evidence agslnst him was statements made while In a city Jail cell with the Bexton brothers, it in. nlsn shown that Schermerhorn stood across the street from the court house and waved "good-bye ' to R. C. Cummlngs and the Sexton brothers, (Conlinued on Page Two) macoFTpasses SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. P) The naval dirigible Macon reported to naval radio offices here that she pass ed the Umpqua river light In soutn ern Orecon at 4 o'clock thle morning At that time the Macon was flying 12 miles at sea on her leisurely orulsc from her Sunnyvale base to the Pa clflc northwest. The dirigible's excursion, begun at 9:15 a. m. yesterday, Is scheduled to occupy 36 hours. ... GUTHRIE, Okla., June 30. MP) Seven outlaws Invaded the town or crescent, near here, and held off scores of citizens for nearly an hour early today while they unsuccessful tried to steal the safe of the Farmers and Merchant bank. Falling to obtain any loot, they drove away with a half dozen kid naped persons, soon releasing all but one, Nightwatchman Joe Stanlleid, 46. . HOLDS ON TO OFFICE BISMARCK. N. D., June 20 (AP) Guards were retained by Oovernor William Langer today to prevent any forcible seizure of his office by his political enemies. Opponents of the governor proceeded meanwhile with legal plans to remove him from of fice. Supporters of Lieut. Oov. Ole H Olson expect to file a petition with the supreme court demanding the governor's removal on the ground he is occupying the office illegally be- U1VIPQUA MOUTH Posse Captures Bank Bandit Near Oakland, Ore. NEVADA RESIDENCE OF MRS. DALL This modern log cabin at Cal-Neva, Nevada, at Lake Tahoe, will be the home of Mrs. Anna Curtis Dall, daughter of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, while she la establishing a residence in that state. Mrs. Dall Is expected to file suit for divorce from Curtis B. Dall, New York broker. She was accompanied by her two children, "Slstie" and "Buzzle." (Associated Press Photo) PORTLAND POLICE TANKER UNLOADS PORTLAND. Ore., June 20. (AP) One hundred and fifty uniformed police, armed with shotguns, tear gas bombs snd revolvers, guarded tne strongly-manned walls of the General Petroleum terminal here today while the tanker Lio discharged 3,000,000 gallons of fuel oil and gasoline as be tween 100 and 200 strikers grouped outside the enclosure. There was no disorder as police and special officers kept the situation In hand. It was the first ship to unload cargo here in several weeks over the protest of striking longshoremen and other marine workers. The tanker waa followed upstream by & picket boat loaded with strikers, but the police harbor patrol boat cruised between the two and blocked any Interference. As the Lio tied up the crew of the picket boat shouted curses at the crew and then turned downstream. The group of strikers and sympa thizers stationed on the oil com pany's grounds made no effort to enter the dock pcoperty in the face of the determined stand taken by the company of uniformed police. Part of the group consisted of curiosity seekers. The pickets contented 'them selves with stopping all oil company trucks entering the grounds. They offered no other Interference. SEATTLE. June 20. (AP) Riding In a mile-long caravan of taxlcabs, t ucka and busses, 400 armed police and deputy sheriffs went to pier 40 at Smith Cove here today to guard nrn-union longshoremen as Seattle attempted to open its harbor to watcrborni commerce again. About 100 non-union workmen were at the steamship Admiral Rog ers which will be used to house offi cers and the non-union workers. An additional 100 non-union men were on tugs at pie 1 40. BY WASHINGTON. June 20 (AP) NRA Is putting a limit on the num ber of matches handed out with your cigars. An elaborate merchandising plan Is about to become effective. It Includes the match limitation. "The retailer may give not more than one pad of matchea for each unit sold or five pads per box of 35 cigars or ten pads per box of 60 cigars sold," the requirement reads. This plan was part of the whole sale tobacco trade code approved June 9, but Its application was delayed pending approval of codes for the cigar manufacturing Industry and the retail tobacco trade. These latter were approved by President Roosevelt last night. PORTLAND. Ore.. June 20. (API Showers over the extreme easiern part of Oregon were predicted by the weather bureau here today for to- nlcht and tomorrow. rrt!a- l(hfr nt ' . r-ftftflt . With luhtlv higher temperatures In the iwttlicant goiuoa lei forecast, Ti Deputy Sheriff Ed Leach, modestly reported yesterday that he. had sus tained a fractured right hand and a dislocated optic, while cranking an auto. It developed today the Injuries were gathered during a flstlo combat Saturday night with a couple of Jack sonville hoodlums following the clos ing of a beer-Joint In the pioneer city. The belligerents disappeared after los ing the fracas in which the law sus tained wounds. According to courthouse report Deputy Leach and County Jailer Fred Kelly were assigned by the district attorney's office to go to Jacksonville and investigate complaints of citizens that a beer and gambling resort was being operated. The investigators found beer was being sold without a state license, but found no evidence of gambling. The proprietor was ad vised to close up the place, which he readily agreed to immediately do. After the formal closing Leach was talking to a woman, seated In an auto, when a husky youth approached and inquired : "What are you doing here?" The woman and the deputy sheriff said it was a private conversation and asked the intruder to "move on." Deputy Leach resumed his conver sation, and was suddenly attacked by the gent. The deputy disposed of him in short order, and he ran across the street with Leach in pursuit. There he came upon the campanlon of the first combatant, who assumed war like attitude and started swinging with his fists. He was knocked down with a right handed clout to the Jaw and when he arose he started run ning. Deputy Leach then discovered he had hit so hard, he had fractured his hand. The authorities are looking for the two fighters, described as young and husky. PRIMARYVOlTCOST COUNTY 36 CTS. EACH There were 0048 votes 6222 Repub lican and 2862 Democrat cast In the May primary, according to the records of the county clerk's office. Each vote cast cost Jackson county a frac tion more than 38 cents. Total ex perts of the primary was 93210.26. This leaves approximately 14300 in the budget for the general election In November. About 40 per cent of the registered vote went to the polls. QUELLING Cheaper Furniture Bait For Increase of Homes CHICAGO, June JO. (Pi Lower prices wyi be the bait by which the American furniture Industry hopes to Induce families now "doubled up" to establish separste homes. This was the theme of the nation's manufacturers and retailers of f'.R nlture today as they congregated lor the opening Monday of the annual summer show. ' The American furniture mart an nounced prices would be approxi mately 10 per cent, lower than those prevailing at the last market In Jan uary on some classifications and about equal to the January quotations or. tthe:.i. "The industiy :i attempting lo hj'.ti lilce dutu tiuil Diuchuing pot ROOSEVELT GIVEN HONORARY DEGREE BY ANCIENT YALE President Is Called 'Brave Leader in Time of Peril' As High Honor Conferred at Commencement Rites NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 20 (AP) President Roosevelt told Yale alumni today that the "brain trust" is In the government to stay. "Ability rather than politics enters into most choices made in Washing ton," said Mr. Roosevelt, who ad dressed the annual alumni luncheon after Yale had conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor cf Laws. "I can't tell today the party af filiations of most or the responsible people In government and It la a mighty good thing I can't." "While there has been a certain amount of laughter about the use of brains In government, It seems to me a good practice. It will be continued. We are going to call on trained peo ple.' The president added a strong as sertion of congress, which he de clared represented a cross-section of opinion more representative than any single group. NEW HAVEN. Conn., June 20. (AP) Yale received President Frank lin Delano Roosevelt, a Harvard gradu ate, Into her family of adopted sons today, conferring on him the hon ory degree of Doctor of Laws. While the sun shone from the cloudless skies on the ancient elms of the historic catmus,yinside Wool sey hall-scene of bale's 233rd com mencement Mr. Roosevelt heard himself called a "brave leader of your people In a time of peril" by President James Rowland Angell as the chief executive received the high est honor the university can bestow on an adopted son. Few So Honored Harvard's distinguished- alumnus became the fourth president to "-L celve an honorary degree from Yale while In office, and the second ever to come to New Haven to receive the honor. Presidents Washington and McKln ley were awarded degrees In Absen tia, while another Roosevelt Theo dore came to 'New Haven In the fall of 1901 to accept the honor. President Roosevelt, who planned to remain In Connecticut to watch his son, Franklin, row In the Har vard fresman crew against the Ells Friday, headed a list of 12 distin guished men who received honorary (Continued on Page Three) I i FRI SAN FRANCISCO, June SO. (AP) A mild earthquake awakened resi dents of the 8an Francisco boy area early today but apparently caused no damage. Those whoso sleep was disturbed by the shock at 6:40 a. m.. doacrlbed the tremor as sharp. While reports came from Ban Mateo, San Francisco and Berkeley, persona in office bulld Inga In San Francisco and Oakland djd not feel It. ' A preliminary check of the oentral California area revealed no reports of the quake ecept from cities of the San Francisco peninsula and di rectly across the bay, along the com mon fault of this region. "It was a single, hard shock," one San Franciscan said "It felt as though a giant struck the house a blow with a huge sledge hammer." The yearly losses of the American public bv embezzlement are estimat ed at 1180.000.000. catches up with the Increases In pro duction cost made mandatory by the furniture code," a spokesman told S. H. Cady, Jr., mart representative. "We csn't go any lower, because the code also prohibits selling any Item below the cost of the most efflclen' producer of that item, and we're do'Vii to that basis now." it waa said. "A manufacturer who can show any kmc of a profit this season will be eatls fled. "We hope, however, that the at tractive prices now quoted will in fluence fsmllles that have 'doubled up' to again establish separate homer and will lead others to modernln ; horn's that hae had lew new fu.il j labJuga in toe past live veari." FEDERAL HOUSING PLAN WILL START WITHIN 30 DAYS Hopkins Expected to Be Chosen Commander-in-Chief of Drive to Make Homes More Numerous WASHINGTON, June 30. (AP) Three new initials FHA are about to burst upon the American scene j In a big push to make good homes ' cheaper and more numerous. Everybody believes the commander- ln-chlef of the drive will be Henry L. Hopkins, now federal relief boss. 1 His selection as head ofthe federal housing administration la expected momentarily. Here are the principal develop ments expected: First, a modernization program will start within 30 days. ' This pro vides that any property owner may borrow up to $2000 to recondition his building. The money will come from a bank or other private source not the government except In 'dis tress cases but the United States will guarantee 20 per cent of the loans. A campaign to acquaint lend ers and borrowers with this oppor tunity Is part of the plan. Second, Insurance of building and (Continued on Page Three) GUARD IS. DALL E E OAL-NEVA, Nev., June 20. (AP) The state of California and the fed eral government were cooperating un officially today to maintain privacy DftU find nef twQ chIMrMI( "Slstie" and "Buzzle." The president's only daughter, here to establish divorce residence, Uvea in a home only a few feet from the California state line. ' At the foot of the private driveway from the state highway to the Dall cottage, a California quarantine offi cer, stationed there to prevent west bound motorists from bringing alfal fa weevil, fruit files and other crop damaging Insects Into the state, was helping to prevent prospective visi tors from approaching the Dall home. MGlUBES . Ft ROSEBURG, Ore., June 30. (AP) Zane Grey, noted author and sports man, who for the past three aummera has fished the North Umpqua river, arrived here this morning from Los Angeles, with a large party to remain until the middle of September. The party went Into camp this morning at Steamboat ranger atatlon. Mr. Grey la accompanied by his two sons Romer and Loren, and a group ofj motion picture cameramen ano act ors who will work under the direc tion of Romer Grey, producer of scenic pictures, 'In filming scenes along the north Umpqua. -4 PORTLAND, June 20. !) Riding on a roller coaster, Albert J. Spahn Jr., nine years old, was killed hure last night when ho was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. Charlotte L. Mears. Witnesses said the boy shot out of a driveway on his coaster, and that Mrs. Meara drove her ear onto the curb In an effort to avoid hitting him. Talent Man and Ex-Wife Wedslt's His 6th Venture Joseph I, Fenton, 72-year-old Talent farmer, yesterday afternoon was married for the sixth time, to Lou Fenton, his first wife whom he wed about 80 years ago in Mis souri and divorced In Columbia, Mo., In 1018. Mrs. Fenton Is 84 years old. Records show that Fen ton secured his fifth divorce In 1032. The wedding service . waa per formed at t o'clock Tuesday after noon by the Rev. Win. J. Howell, pastor of the local Presbyterian church, at the Salvation Army hcadquartere. The wltnecses for the service were Captain O. Roderick Durham of the Salvation Army and J. O. Buchanan, retired Salvation Army officer. Army Of Crickets Keep Town Awake With Terrific Noise CENTRALIA, 111., June 20. (UP) An army of crickets has besieged this city for two weeks, raising a terrific racket at night and caus ing many to go sleepless. They resemble a small grasshop per, about the size of an over grown cockroach, and are bedevil ing the citizenry by getting Into everything. Damage, however, has been negligible. Restaurant keepers must kill hundreds of them at door en trances before they can open up for business each day. Dogs of the city are having the time of their lives, catching and eating them. The crickets, mean while, have developed a propensi ty for digging away, or eating, mortar between masonry blocks in buildings. BASEBALL American (First game.) Cleveland New York Welland and Myatt; Dickey. ...3 8 0 ... 3 6 0 Broaca and (8econd game) Cleveland .......... 0 13 New York 8 11 0 L. Brown and Pytlak; Ruffing and Jorgens. Chicago . 8 14 3 Boston .....14 18 3 Jones, Galllvan and Madjeskl, Bhea; W. Ferrell and R. Ferrell. St. Louis 11 13 1 Philadelphia. 3 8 3 Blacholder and Memsley; Carcarella Kline, pietrloh and Berry, Hayes. National (First game.) Philadelphia . - 4 7 S Cincinnati 0 7 0 A. Moore and, Todd; Derringer and Lombardl. Boston 8 7 1 Pittsburgh 8 IS 0 Cantwell, Pennock, Smyth and Spohrer; Lucas, Chagnon and Grace. DEFICIENCY BILL WASHINGTON, June 30. (AP) President Roosevelt signed and left behind him In Washington today the $2,000,000,000 deficiency bill, the second largest peace-time appropria tion measure In the history of con gress, i The White House made known that, before starting on his trip Into New England, Mr. Roosevelt also signed Into law the communications bill set ting up a new commission to regu late telegraph, telephone and radio. Another bill signed was that re quiring the department of commerce to make public the results of Its In vestigations Into fatal airplane crashes. WASHINGTON, June 30. (AP) The war department announced to day award of the sliver star to Gain Robinson f Medford, Ore., for gal lantry in action near Grevea farm, France, July 14-18, 1818. Lieutenant Roblnaon (tenth field artillery, third division), according to the citation, displayed exceptional courage and devotion to duty when, although 111, he refused to be evacu ated and remained In the open de spite the heavy shell fire, often tak ing the place of the wounded and exhausted men, and thereby Inspir ing his men to renewed efforts. G. A. WESTS OF L ASTORIA, Ore., June 20. (API Members of the Oregon department. Orand Army of the Republic, and affiliated organizations assembled here tor the 83rd annual convention, went en masse to the Oregon Na tional Guard encampment at Camp Clatsop today to be greeted by Major General George A. White and Briga dier Oeneral Thomaa Rilea. Headed by Colonel Russet C. Mar tin, their national commander In chief; D. B. Wolcott. national adju tant general, and H. V, Gates, de partment commander of Oregon, the veterans and members of associated groups were honored gueats at a brig ade review and a .peclal battalion drill. WITHOUT BATTLE Loot of $2000, Taken From Bank, Recovered Cap tive Being Taken to Rose burg by State Policemen ROSEBURO, Ore., June 30. 0P Surrounded by pursuers in a thicket I near Rice Hilt, the lone bandit who held up the Oakland bank this af ternoon aurrendered without a fight to the demand of State Policeman Fred Perry, who approached his hid ing place behind a log. The bandit waa armed with a revolver. He had not been wounded, as first thought. All of the stolen money, amounting to about (2,000, was recovered. The bandit, a transient about 39 years of age, gave his name as Stan ley Rayson. Ho Is being brought to Roseburg this afternoon by state po licemen. ROSEBURO, June 30. (p Hastily armed posses were organized In Oak land, Oregon, 10 miles north of Rose burg shortly after noon today In an effort to capture a bandit who at noon held up T. B. Garrison, cashier of the Oakland bank and his son Earl Garrison, assistant cashier, and escaped with an undetermined amount of money. Escaping from his loosely tied bonds as the bandit fled from the building, Earl Garrison emptied a revolver into the bandit's automobile as the ve hicle waa driven away, and gave pur suit in another car. The bandit aban doned his auto a short distance -north, of Oakland, and groups of men were Immediately organized to guard all roads and trails and to search the wooded hills and ravines of that ter ritory. S.0.S1ENTOUT BY LINER DRESDEN LONDON, Eng., June 30. (AP) The Lloyds' wireless station at Wick, Scotland, tonight picked up an "8. O. 8." call from the German steamer Dresden, which gave her position as near Hvldlngso, Norway. "8. O. 8., position near Hvldlngso, Norway," spld the message. "Thou sand passengers aboard. Steamer Kong Haakon alongside." No further details were Immediate ly available here, and efforts were being made to reach plonts nearer the position given by the ship. WATERLOO, N. Y June 30. (AP) Apparently deranged, Claude Reyn olds, 8r., 44 year old farmer shot and killed his three older children as they slept, set fire to his home and then killed himself early today. The bodies of the victims and sui cide were recovered from the blading building of the Tellow Tavern road three miles southwest of here. WILL ROGER? eioy1 HOLIAWOOD, Cal June 19 I jiiKt give up reading mur ders. You no more than get a few details of one murder than the afternoon papM" brings you news of another. The best read man in the country couldn't toll you who killed who last weelt. The papers ought to list 'em by numbers, "murder case 21 1 went to court this morning in order to make way for case '212." Case 211 is out of the A class ; (that is where the wife kills , husband), aso 212 is of the B class, husband kills wife. Killings of the C class in clude nil promiscuous other killings not embraced in A or B elnss. Yours for brcvit; I eilM ! Iratlui. It .
